List of Computer Shortcut
Keys
The table given below
mentions the list of shortcut keyboard keys, mainly used for operations in MS
Office and its applications. Candidates can go through the list carefully and
must know them for basic computer operations as well.
|
Computer
Shortcut Keys |
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|
S.No. |
Shortcut Keys |
Function |
|
1 |
Alt+F |
Displays the
File menu options |
|
2 |
Alt+E |
Opens
the Edit options |
|
3 |
Alt+Tab |
Switch
between open programs |
|
4 |
F1 |
Used by every
Windows program for Help |
|
5 |
F2 |
To Rename a
selected file |
|
6 |
F5 |
Refresh the
page or current window |
|
7 |
Ctrl+D |
To Bookmarks
the current page (for most Browsers) |
|
8 |
Ctrl+N |
Create a new
or blank document or open a new tab in the Internet Browser |
|
9 |
Ctrl+O |
To Open a
file |
|
10 |
Ctrl+A |
Select the
entire text at once |
|
11 |
Ctrl+B |
Change the
text to Bold |
|
12 |
Ctrl+I |
Change the
Text to Italics |
|
13 |
Ctrl+U |
Underline the
selected text |
|
14 |
Ctrl+S |
Save the file
or document you are working on |
|
15 |
Ctrl+X |
Cut selected
part of the text or image |
|
16 |
Shift+Del |
Remove the
selected items |
|
17 |
Ctrl+C |
To copy the
text or image |
|
18 |
Ctrl+V |
To Paste |
|
19 |
Ctrl+Y |
Redo last
action |
|
20 |
Ctrl+Z |
Undo last
action |
|
21 |
Ctrl+K |
Insert
hyperlink for selected text. |
|
22 |
Ctrl+P |
To print the
document |
|
23 |
Home |
Moves the
beginning of the current line |
|
24 |
Ctrl+Home |
Moves to the
beginning of the document |
|
25 |
End |
Moves to the
end of the line |
|
27 |
Ctrl+End |
Moves to the
end of the document |
|
28 |
Ctrl+Left
arrow |
Moves one
word to the left at a time. |
|
29 |
Ctrl+Right
arrow |
Moves one
word to the right at a time. |
|
30 |
Alt+F4 |
To close the
program currently active |
|
31 |
Alt+Enter |
Open the
properties for the selected item |
|
32 |
Ctrl + Shift
+ Spacebar |
Create a
non-breaking space |
|
33 |
Ctrl + Shift+
< |
Decrease font
size one value |
|
34 |
Ctrl + Shift
+ > |
Increase the
font size one value |
|
35 |
Ctrl +
[ |
Increase the
font size by 1 point |
|
36 |
Ctrl +
] |
Decrease the
font size by 1 point |
|
37 |
Ctrl +
Spacebar |
Remove
paragraph or character formatting |
|
38 |
Ctrl + Alt +
V |
Paste special |
|
39 |
Ctrl + Shift
+ V |
Paste
formatting only |
|
40 |
Ctrl+F10 |
Maximise the
document window |
|
41 |
Ctrl + Shift
+ T |
Enter the
current time |
|
42 |
Ctrl + ; |
Enter the
current date |
|
43 |
Shift +
F3 |
Open the
Excel formula window |
|
44 |
Shift + F5 |
Bring up
search box. |
|
45 |
Ctrl +
F9 |
Minimise
current workbook |
|
46 |
Ctrl + F10 |
Maximise
currently selected workbook |
|
47 |
Ctrl +
F6 |
Switch
between open workbooks/window |
|
48 |
Ctrl + Page
Down |
Move between
Excel worksheets in the same Excel document |
|
49 |
Ctrl + Tab |
Move between
two or more open Excel files |
|
50 |
Ctrl + Page
Up |
Move between
Excel worksheet in the same Excel document |
|
51 |
Alt + = |
Create a
formula to sum all of the cells |
|
52 |
Ctrl + ’ |
Insert the
value of the above cell into cell currently selected. |
|
53 |
Ctrl + Arrow
key |
Move to next
section to text |
|
54 |
Ctrl + Space |
Select entire
column |
|
55 |
Shift + Space |
Select entire
row |
|
56 |
Ctrl+L |
To left-align
the selected text |
|
57 |
Ctrl+R |
To
right-align the selected text |
|
58 |
Ctrl+J |
To justify
the selected text |
|
59 |
Ctrl+E |
To centre
align the text |
|
60 |
Ctrl+Del |
To delete the
word to the right |
|
61 |
Shift+Del |
To
permanently delete a file |
Computer Shortcut Keys – Sample Questions
Q 1. What along with the “ctrl” key needs to be pressed in
order to cut a part of the text written in MS Word?
- X
- C
- alt
- alt+C
- Z
Answer: (1) X; “ctrl+X” needs to pressed to cut a part of text or image
from an MS Word document
Q 2. Which of the given pairs of keys need to be pressed in
order to move at the beginning of a document?
- F1+A
- ctrl+alt+home
- alt+A
- ctrl+home
- alt+home+A
Answer: (4) ctrl+home
Q 3. _________ shortcut keys must be used to select an entire
row.
- ctrl+space
- ctrl+alt+shift
- shift+space
- ctrl+L
- alt+shift+L
Answer: (3) shift+space
Q 4. To move between two more MS Excel files, which shortcut
keys can be used?
- ctrl+Tab
- Ctrl+V
- Alt+space
- Ctrl+T
- alt+Tab
Answer: (1) ctrl+Tab
Q 5. Shift+ctrl+___ keys are used to decrease the size of the
font by one number. What should come in place of the blank?
- +
- –
- >
- <
- D
Answer: (4) <
Q 6. What is the function of the F2 key?
- To increase the
brightness of the system
- To save a file
- To rename a file
- To add an extra
sheet in MS Excel
- To copy the file
to another drive
Answer: (3) To rename a
file
Q 7. To bookmark the current page, which shortcut keys can be
used?
- ctrl+D
- ctrl+X
- shift+D
- alt+D
- alt+X
Answer: (1) ctrl+D
Q 8. What is the function of the shortcut key “ctrl+shift+T”?
- To copy the text
from one folder to another
- To enter the time
- To have a text
break in the file
- To skip any text
break in the document
- To open a new
tab in Internet Explorer
Answer: (2) To enter the
time
Q 9. Which shortcut keys from the given options can be used to
add a hyperlink to the selected text?
- ctrl+H
- ctrl+U
- ctrl+P
- ctrl+L
- ctrl+K
Answer: (5) ctrl+K
Q 10. In MS-Excel, which shortcut keys can be used to create a formula
to sum all of the cells?
- Alt+sum
- alt+=
- alt+F
- alt+F4
- alt+ctrl+F4
Answer: (2) alt+=
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